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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | William Joseph Deboe |
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, Kentucky , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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June 30, 1849
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| Died | June 15, 1927
(77 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | DEBOE, William Joseph, a Senator from Kentucky; born in Crittenden County, Ky., June 30, 1849; attended the public schools and Ewing College, Illinois; studied law and medicine; graduated from the medical department of the University of Louisville and practiced a few years, when his health failed; renewed the study of law; admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in Marion, Crittenden County, Ky.; served as superintendent of schools of Crittenden County; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; member, State senate 1893-1898; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1903; was not a candidate for renomination in 1902; chairman, Committee on Indian Depredations (Fifty-sixth Congress), Committee to Establish the University of the United States (Fifty-seventh Congress); engaged in mining; postmaster of Marion 1923-1927; died in Marion, Crittenden County, Ky., on June 15, 1927; interment in Maple View Cemetery.
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